Canton's Steve Price and a global team of chain-reaction machine builders will attempt a Guinness World Record before a live audience Saturday at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit.

The 16-member team, with builders from as far away as Austria, is working feverishly this week to create the Incredible Science Machine from 200,000 dominoes and thousands of props such as Hot Wheels race tracks, pulleys, balls and toy cars.

"I'm so excited," Price said Monday, pausing from his machine-building work on the science center's fourth floor.

Price spearheaded his latest effort after he gained a national fan base with his stage name Sprice for his chain-reaction machines featured on NBC's America's Got Talent in 2013. He initiated a Kickstarter campaign and gained Zeal Credit Union support for the Incredible Science Machine project.

The effort to set off the largest-ever Rube Goldberg machine happens at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 18. It will be sprawled out across a 5,000-square-foot space in the science center. It involves some 500,000 objects and is expected to take a half-hour to complete.

The Incredible Science Machine is slowly coming together at the Michigan Science Center.(Photo11: Incredible Science Machine)

Only 200 tickets are being sold and, according to the science center, they're going fast. They cost $20 for general admission and $30 for a V.I.P. section. They can be bought by calling 313-577-8400, ext. 441 or 442, and attendees will have access to the entire science center.

Price, who will be a mechanical engineering senior at Michigan State University in the fall, has become renowned for his Rube Goldberg machines, but Saturday's event will mark his biggest project.

His team is hopeful of setting a Guinness World Record by creating more than 300 steps to the machine. The current record of 300 steps was set in 2012 by the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers Rube Goldberg Team.

Price's team also aims to break the U.S. record for most dominoes used in a single chain reaction. They're using 200,000 dominoes, which would beat the 169,000 record in America "that hasn't been broken in almost 40 years," Price said.

The event is expected to be filmed for the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet show. Price is no stranger to television, having appeared on programs such as The Rachael Ray Show after his stint with America's Got Talent.

Zeal Credit Union Vice President Lisa Fawcett said the company didn't hesitate to become involved after hearing about the Incredible Science Machine.

Hundreds of thousands of pieces are being used in an attempt to beat the world record for Rube Goldberg machines.(Photo11: Incredible Science Machine)

"We knew we needed to support these builders in any way we could," she said, in a prepared statement, adding that Zeal "understands the hard work and passion required to pursue a dream of this magnitude and we are just happy we could be part of it."

Tonya Matthews, the Michigan Science Center's president and CEO, said the center, "as the science, technology, engineering and math hub of Michigan," was the perfect place to host the Incredible Science Machine in hopes it "will spark an interest in this great field, and we hope this chain reaction leaves a lasting impression."

Price, during his appearance on America's Got Talent, was called a "genius" by judge Howard Stern. Price had originally planned to set off his latest invention inside a Wayne warehouse his father owns, but he said Zeal Credit Union helped find a more science-oriented location.